With another comedy series Emmy in hand, "Modern Family" returned for a fifth season Wednesday as the night's highest-rated show, according to early numbers from Nielsen.

The season premiere of the ensemble comedy following the lives of a Southern California extended family drew 11.4 million viewers and a rating of 4.1 in the advertiser-desired 18-49 demographic, for which a ratings point equates to about 1.3 million people.

Still, the rating was down 25% from last year's season premiere, when it scored a 5.5.

The network's new comedy "Back in the Game," about a single mom who moves in with her estranged dad (James Caan), launched to an audience of 7.89 million and a rating of 2.2, an improvement of 16% over the show that held the same time slot last year, the introductory episode of "Neighbors."

"Revolution" returned for a second season on NBC. In its new time slot, the series opened down significantly from last fall's series premiere when it got a big boost from its lead-in, "The Voice." But its 18-49 rating of 1.9 was just 5% lower than the average rating for its last five spring sweeps telecasts.

"Revolution" had an audience of about 6.79 million.

The sci-fi action-adventure led into a two-hour "Law & Order: SVU" season opener, which brought in an average audience of 9.5 million and a rating of 2.7, surging 29% from last year's premiere.

CBS' "Survivor: Blood vs. Water" drew 9.41 million viewers and a rating of 2.3, down 12% from last week's season premiere. "Criminal Minds" opened down 10% from last year's premiere but matched its finale, and "CSI" fell 16% from last year.

Fox's "X Factor" looks like it's gaining some ground, hooking 7.6 million viewers and lifting its 18-49 rating to a 1.9, up 14% from last week.

"Homeland." Things got a little crazy at the end of season two of Showtime's intense spy thriller, what with Langley being blown to bits and Carrie (Claire Danes) helping Brody (Damian Lewis) escape. Not surprisingly, things stay a little crazy, albeit in a slightly calmer way, if that makes any...